A problem with the Heir

[Henry Marshall]

When speaking to the mother of a deceased son she was giving the information from a lawyer stating that since she lives in a different  state from the parcels/houses/land that her son owned she cant be the heir of the property since he didn't have a will, I called and spoke to the  lawyer and he said that he appointed an heir for the situation something seems a little fishy here, what are your thoughts BP family?